Welcome to MJ Civil's archive of Press Releases

featuring building related articles.

This page is intended to provide access to current and previously issued building related published articles.

While the nature of the articles do often support the opinions and blog content published by MJ Civil, none of the content of the original published articles has been amended from that published in the original issue.

A massive scaffolding collapse on a busy Melbourne shopping strip could have claimed the lives of dozens of people, a court has heard. The multi-level scaffolding came crashing down on Commercial Road, near Grattan Street, in Prahran on February 23, 2009, injuring three construction workers, one seriously, and just missing passers-by.

As many as three in 10 homeowners across New South Wales do not check the license of construction tradespeople before engaging them for maintenance or home renovation work and many are unaware that licensing is required in non-structural areas such as painting, plastering, floor tiling and fencing, a new survey has found.